TY - BOOK AU - Stallings,William TI - Data and computer communications SN - 9780131833111 (pbk.) : AV - TK5105.5 U1 - 004.6 STA PY - 2003/// CY - Englewood Cliffs, N.J., London PB - Prentice Hall KW - Computer networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Computers and IT KW - ukslc KW - Databases KW - thema KW - Electrical engineering KW - Computer networking & communications N1 - Previous ed.: 1999; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one.Overview -- 1.Data communications and networking overview -- 2.Protocol architecture -- Part two.Data communications -- 3.Data tranmission -- 4.Guided and wireless transmission -- 5.Signal encoding techniques -- 6.Digital data communication techniques -- 7.Data link control -- 8.Multiplexing -- 9.Spread spectrum -- Part three.Wide area networks -- 10.Circuit switching and packet switching -- 11.Asynchronous transfer mode -- 12.Routing in switched networks -- 13.Congestion control in switched data networks -- 14.Cellular wireless networks -- Part four.Local area networks -- 15.Local area network overview -- 16.High-speed LANs -- 17.Wireless LANs -- Part five.Communications architecture and protocols -- 18.Internetwork protocols -- 19.Internetwork operation -- 20.Transport protocols -- 21.Network security -- 22.Distributed applications N2 - The seventh edition of 'Data and Computer Communications' features improved illustrations, integrated coverage of TCP/IP and Ethernet, a survey of ADSL, new coverage of IP multicasting and reports on the very latest technologies in hardware and software ER -